New Delhi, March 30 -- Noting that the Modi government has taken several steps to usher development in areas that were affected by Left Wing Extremism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that Naxalism has been almost eradicated from Bastar and the region is now on the path of progress.

Replying to the debate in Lok Sabha on efforts to free the country from Left Wing Extremism, Amit Shah targeted Congress and asked why tribal communities remained "deprived of development" during its rule.

The Home Minister said the people of the Bastar were left behind in development parameters as "the shadow of Red Terror loomed".

"Today, Naxalism has been almost eradicated from Bastar. A campaign was launched to establish a school in every s...